Tap or Swipe? : Effects of Interaction Gestures for Retrieval of Match Statistics via Second Screen on Watching Soccer on TV

Sezen, Ege and Tsekleves, Emmanuel and Mauthe, Andreas U. (2023) Tap or Swipe? : Effects of Interaction Gestures for Retrieval of Match Statistics via Second Screen on Watching Soccer on TV. In: IMX 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences :. IMX 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences . ACM Press, New York, pp. 303-308. ISBN 9798400700286

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Abstract

Accessing match statistics through second screen while watching soccer matches on TV has grown into a popular practice. Although early works have shown how gestures on touch screens performed under distracting environments, little is known regarding how specific gestures (swiping and tapping) to retrieve information on second screen affect the viewing experience of soccer games on TV. For this, a mixed-method user study, which included prototype tests of watching short clips of a soccer match, questionnaires and short interviews, was conducted with 28 participants. The results revealed that the number of people who preferred tapping was more than the number of people who favored swiping under two different second screen activity time scenarios i.e. On-Play or Off-Play. However, neither swiping nor tapping yield better performance of recalling verbatim match stats and exact comparisons in both On-Play and Off-Play. Participant evaluations in On-Play and interviews give us clues regarding such difference.